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Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!Just think of all thetrillions and trillions of neuronsthatDIEeach daybecause there areNOeffective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 493 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.My back ground story is here:http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-background-story_8.html

At a Glance

A drug that inhibits the enzyme prevented weight gain in mice,
increased fitness levels, and reduced the incidence of obesity and type 2
diabetes.

The findings could lead to more effective weight-loss medications.

DNA-PK activity lowers the number of mitochondria, shown here, which turn fat into energy to fuel the body.wir0man/ iStock/Thinkstock

Researchers have long known that losing weight and maintaining
the capacity to exercise tend to get harder beginning between ages 30
and 40—the start of mid-life. Scientists have developed new therapies
for obesity, including fat-fighting pills. However, many therapies have
failed because of a lack of understanding about the biological changes
that cause middle-aged people to gain weight, particularly around the
abdomen.
Dr. Jay H. Chung, an endocrinologist at NIH’s National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Institute (NHLBI), was always puzzled by the aging-weight gain
paradox. An average adult in America gains 30 pounds from age 20 to 50,
even though food intake usually decreases during this period. Chung and
his associates thus searched for biochemical changes in middle-aged
animals (human equivalent of 45 years). Their study appeared on May 2,
2017, in Cell Metabolism.
The team focused on an enzyme called DNA-dependent protein kinase, or
DNA-PK. This enzyme is activated by a specific kind of DNA damage, but
evidence has been mounting that DNA-PK has functions beyond DNA repair.
One such function is in metabolism.
The scientists looked at levels of DNA-PK activity in the skeletal
muscles of rhesus macaques and mice. These levels were low over time
until middle-age, when they rose significantly. Further experiments
showed that DNA-PK activity promotes the conversion of nutrients to fat
and decreases the number of mitochondria, the tiny organelles in cells
that turn fat into energy to fuel the body.
Mitochondria can be found in abundance among young people, but the
numbers drop considerably in older people. Researchers know that fewer
mitochondria can promote obesity as well as loss of exercise capacity.
The researchers theorized that reducing DNA-PK activity might
increase the number of mitochondria and promote fat burning. They tested
their theory with a drug that inhibits DNA-PK. Mice that received the
inhibitor had a 40% decrease in weight gain when fed a high-fat diet.
The drug boosted the number of mitochondria in the skeletal muscle,
increased the fitness of obese and middle aged mice, and reduced the
incidence of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
The team also examined the role of DNA-PK activity in calorie
restriction and aerobic fitness, both of which can delay aging and
protect against chronic diseases in animal models. Rhesus macaques on a
calorie-restricted diet had lower levels of DNA-PK activity in skeletal
muscle. Rats selectively bred to be strong runners also had reduced
DNA-PK levels in their skeletal muscle—three-fold lower than poor rat
runners.
“Our society attributes the weight gain and lack of exercise at
mid-life (approximately 30-60 years) primarily to poor lifestyle choices
and lack of will power, but this study shows that there is a genetic
program driven by an overactive enzyme that promotes weight gain and
loss of exercise capacity at mid-life,” Chung says.
These findings could lead to the development of a new type of
weight-loss medication. However, DNA-PK inhibitors have yet to be tested
this way in humans. Middle-aged people who are fighting obesity should
continue to reduce calories and boost exercise.

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